Telescope Skywatcher 1145EQ1

The Sky Watcher BK1145EQ1 telescope offers an affordable price, high mobility and extensive equipment. It is the ideal model to introduce to the world of amateur astronomy and is often chosen as the first telescope. The short focal length of 500 mm allows you to obtain a very wide field of view, which is extremely helpful when searching for objects in the sky.

Optical system

Reflecting telescope (Newton system) with an aperture of 114mm and a focal length of 500mm. Due to its large aperture of f / 4.4, the telescope is perfectly suited for observing deep sky objects such as star clusters and nebulae. It is also possible to observe the moon and planets. The telescope with this aperture can see about 190 times more light than the human eye at night, providing the ability to observe objects up to nearly 12 magnitudes (with the naked eye visible up to 6 magnitudes). The size of the mirror is also related to the optical resolution, which in this telescope enables it to separate stars that are more than 1.4 ”apart.

Assembly

The EQ1 parallactic assembly is equipped with micromovements and allows for setting the telescope according to atlas or sky maps and smooth movement along the right ascension and declination axis. The assembly should be properly set and aligned with the North Pole of the sky, thanks to which we will be able to operate the telescope in a simple and convenient way.

The assembly can be fitted with a drive in one or two axes, which will enable automatic tracking of object in the sky. As a result, the telescope can also be used in simple astrophotography.

Focuser:

The telescope is fitted with a focuser that allows for the use of 1.25 ”eyepieces. The set includes three eyepieces with focal lengths of 20, 12.5 and 4mm, giving magnification of 25x, 40x and 125x

Astronomical observations

1. Solar system

-objects on the lunar surface larger than 2 km in size;

- sunspots and their structure;

-all planets of the solar system;

-the phases of Venus

- Mars

- Jupiter's equatorial belts and Galilean moons

-the rings of Saturn and the largest moon Titan

-Uranus and Neptune are also within range of this telescope

- asteroids motion against the background of stars

- observations of bright comets

2. Gwiazdy

-about 1.8 million stars across the sky, shining down to about magnitude 12-12.5

-double and multiple stars separated from each other angular by more than 1.4 ".

- the colors of many bright stars

3. Deep sky objects

-hundreds of open star clusters

-Many globular clusters with clearly visible stars on the outskirts

- dozens of galaxies, the brighter ones have a visible shape

-lots of bright nebulae where structure is already visible

- beautiful planetary nebulae